Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil reports 73,295 new coronavirus cases, 2,811 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 73,295 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 2,811 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Braz...
May 05, 2021
Police officer injured in U.S. Capitol riot urges Congress not to ‘downplay’ attack
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A police officer who was injured when hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol pleaded with U.S. lawmakers not to "downplay...
May 05, 2021
U.S. tourists given life terms for murdering Italian policeman -judge
ROME (Reuters) - Two American tourists have been found guilty of murdering a policeman near their Rome hotel in 2019 and have been sentenced to life in prison, a judge said in a verdict read out to a ...
May 05, 2021
Protest road blockades halt Colombian coffee exports, federation says
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Road blockades connected to anti-government protests in Colombia, which marked their eighth day on Wednesday, have halted shipments of top agricultural export coffee, the head of th...
May 05, 2021
Gunmen kill 15 soldiers in attack in southwest Niger
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed 15 soldiers and wounded four more on Tuesday in an attack on an army post in southwest Niger, the ministry of defence said on Wednesday. The attack in nor...
May 05, 2021
KPMG UK staff to work in offices up to four days a fortnight from June
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Accounting firm KPMG told its 16,000 UK staff on Wednesday that they will work in the office for up to four days in a fortnight starting next month under a hybrid working...
May 05, 2021
Ex-TCW manager, NYC mayoral candidate urges revival of sexual harassment case
By Jonathan Stempel and Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for a former TCW Group Inc fund manager who recently ran for New York City mayor urged an appeals court to restore the manager's ...
May 05, 2021
Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian teen during West Bank clashes
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian male during clashes in the occupied West Bank late on Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Isra...
May 05, 2021
Blinken heads to Ukraine in show of support after Russia troop standoff
By Matthias Williams and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's top diplomat visits Kyiv on Thursday in a show of support after Russia massed troops near Ukraine's eastern border i...
May 05, 2021
Novavax vaccine shows 43% efficacy against South African variant, study finds
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine had efficacy of 43% against infections caused by the South African variant in a group that included people with and without HIV,...
May 05, 2021
